The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominees for their 44th annual Annie Awards, and for the Independent category of their Best Animated Feature award, Japanese animation has a very strong showing, nabbing three of the five nominations.

The three Japanese nominations are all critically-acclaimed works, and they are none other than Michael Dudok de Wit and Studio Ghibli’s The Red Turtle, Production I.G.’s Miss Hokusai, and of course, Makoto Shinkai’s juggernaut of a film, your name.

They are nominated along with Long Way North and My Life As A Zucchini. Meanwhile, Makoto Shinkai and Red Turtle’s Michael Dudok de Wit are also nominated for the Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production award. The Red Turtle also got nominated for Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production. For their Best Animated Feature category, the nominees are Kubo and the Two Strings, Finding Dory, Kung Fu Panda 3, Moana, and Zootopia.

Meanwhile, Makoto Shinkai and Red Turtle’s Michael Dudok de Wit are also nominated for the Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production award. The Red Turtle also got a nomination for Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production.

For their Best Animated Feature category, the nominees are Kubo and the Two Strings, Finding Dory, Kung Fu Panda 3, Moana, and Zootopia.

Below are a list of notable nominations,

Best Animated Feature

Finding Dory – Pixar Animation Studios

Kubo and the Two Strings – LAIKA

Kung Fu Panda 3 – DreamWorks Animation

Moana – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Zootopia – Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Feature – Independent

Long Way North – Produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Maybe Movies, Norlum Studios, France 3 Cinéma and 2 Minutes